{"id":790,"date":"2020-12-29T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=790"},"modified":"2020-12-29T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:14:09","slug":"croatia-earthquake-seven-dead-as-rescuers-search-rubble-for-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"Croatia earthquake: Seven dead as rescuers search rubble for survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck central Croatia, with reports of many injuries and at least seven deaths.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>A 12-year-old girl was killed in Petrinja, the prime minister said as he visited the town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Five people died in the nearby town of Glina, his deputy said. A seventh victim was found in the rubble of a church in Zazina, state media reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Petrinja&#8217;s mayor said around half the town had been destroyed and people were being pulled from the rubble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The earthquake could be felt in the Croatian capital Zagreb, in neighbouring Bosnia and Serbia, and as far away as Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>One woman was pulled alive from the rubble of the town hall in Petrinja, Croatian media reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;We are pulling people from the cars, we don&#8217;t know if we have dead or injured,&#8221; Darinko Dumbovic, the mayor of Petrinja, told regional broadcaster N1. &#8220;There is general panic, people are looking for their loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The mayor was speaking to reporters on Tuesday when Petrinja, home to 20,000 people, was hit by another, weaker, tremor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our colleagues from Croatian Red Cross are on the ground assisting at the epicentre of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Petrinja?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Petrinja<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/croatia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#croatia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crvenikriz_hr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@crvenikriz_hr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEJ58O8eab\">pic.twitter.com\/tEJ58O8eab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IFRC Europe (@IFRC_Europe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFRC_Europe\/status\/1343889908809814018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>-BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck central Croatia, with reports of many injuries and at least seven deaths. A 12-year-old girl was killed in Petrinja, the prime minister said as he visited the town. Five people died in the nearby town of Glina, his deputy said. 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